- From: Erez Levin <erezl@dingo.co.il>
- Date: Sat, 05 Apr 1997 17:19:05 -0800
- To: http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com
- Cc: rannissan@dingo.co.il
Dear sirs, I want to bring this issue up. Arabic, Hebrew and other languages are wrriten from right to left. While The latest HTML draft does not have a special tag to specify the direction and takes left to right as the default direction of the language. I think it is about time that such a tag (property) will be defined. The suggestion is to add a property called Language with the following features: 1. Direction - The direction from which the language is wrriten. 2. Default font - The default font for that language as in the OS (such as Windows 95) installation. 3. Wrap - Direction of wrraping according to the dominent language. So that if we combine Arabic/Hebrew with English in the same sentence, which is most common we can write: <Wrap=right> <Language Direction=left font=TimesNewRoman>English text</Direction> <Language Direction=Right font=HebFont>Hebrew text</Direction> </Wrap> The wrapping issue is also very important and should be concidered with the "Dominent" language in which the HTML document was wrriten. I would like to get your commenct on these important issues. -- Regards ----------------------------------------------------------------- Erez Levin R&D manager DDDDDD IIIIII NN NN GGGGG OOO D D II NNNN NN GG OO OO D D II NN NN NN GG OO OO D D II NN NN NN GG GGGG OO OO Infosystems D D II NN NN NN GG GG OO OO DDDDDD IIIIII NN NNNN GGGG OOO Email: erezl@dingo.co.il Our site:http://www.dingo.co.il -------------------------------------------------------------------
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